Homeland (Miriam Makeba album)

2000 album by South African singer Miriam Makeba

Homeland

Studio album by

Miriam Makeba

Released| 25 April 2000
Recorded| 2000
Genre| African music
Label| Putumayo
Miriam Makeba chronology
| Sing Me a Song
(1993)  | Homeland
(2000)  | Live at Berns Salonger, Stockholm, Sweden, 1966
(2003)

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Homeland is final studio album by South African singer Miriam Makeba. It was released in 2000 on CD by world music label Putumayo. It includes a duet starring Makeba and Zenzi Lee in a renovated version of Makeba's trademark hit song "Pata Pata" (1967), entitled "Pata Pata 2000". Congolese pop star Lokua Kanza also contributed to this album both as a songwriter (for "Homeland" and "Lindelani") and as a singer ("Lindelani").[2]

Both the title-track and the whole record are largely conceived as a celebration of the end of apartheid. The record was released a few days before the South African Freedom Day on 27 April 2000. The album was nominated for a Grammy Award in the Best World Music Album category.[3]

## Track listing

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1. "Masakhane" – 4:42
2. "Amaliya" – 3:12
3. "Pata Pata 2000" – 3:49
4. "'Cause We Live for Love" – 4:35
5. "Liwa Wechi" – 3:30
6. "Lindelani" – 3:14
7. "Homeland" – 4:06
8. "Umhome" – 5:09
9. "Africa Is Where My Heart Lies" – 4:39
10. "In Time" – 5:01

## References

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1. ^ Larkin, Colin (2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. ISBN 9780857125958. Retrieved 21 May 2019.
2. ^ "Makeba Returns With homeland': Putumayo Set Deals With Pain Of Exile, Joy Of Homecoming". Entertainment & Arts > Music Industry. AllBusiness.com.
3. ^ Michael Levinsohn was the executive producer and financed the production of the record. "43rd Annual Grammy Awards Nominations Coverage" (SHTML). Entertainment. Digital Hit. 2001.

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Miriam Makeba

Studio albums|

* Miriam Makeba (1960)
* The Many Voices of Miriam Makeba (1962)
* The World of Miriam Makeba (1963)
* The Voice of Africa (1964)
* Makeba Sings! (1965)
* An Evening with Belafonte/Makeba (1965)
* The Magic of Makeba (1965)
* The Magnificent Miriam Makeba (1966)
* All About Miriam (1966)
* Pata Pata (1967)
* Makeba! (1968)
* Keep Me in Mind (1970)
* A Promise (1974)
* Miriam Makeba & Bongi (1975)
* Country Girl (1978)
* Comme une symphonie d'amour (1979)
* Sangoma (1988)
* Welela (1989)
* Eyes on Tomorrow (1991)
* Sing Me a Song (1994)
* Homeland (2000)
* Reflections (2004)

Compilations|

* Harry Belafonte and Miriam Makeba (1975)
* The Queen of African Music (1987)
* Africa (1991)

Singles|

* "The House of the Rising Sun" (1960)
* "The Click Song" / "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" (1963)
* "Malaika" / "Malcolm X" (1965)
* "Pata Pata" (1967)
* "Mas que nada" (1967)
* "I Shall Be Released" / "Iphi Ndilela (Show Me the Way)" (1969)
* "Soweto Blues" (1988)
* "Brand New Day"
* "Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika"

People|

* Bongi Makeba (daughter)
* Hugh Masekela (3rd husband)
* Stokely Carmichael (4th husband)

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